The impacted organization needs to investigate when the breach started, how it happened and, more importantly, what data was stolen or compromised and whether that data is of sensitive nature, such as personal identifiers, credit card information, health records or even tax records.
However, the phone contains several easily tainted identifiers: the phone number, SIM card identifiers (IMSI,ICC-ID), and device identifier (IMEI) which are all accessed through well-defined APIs.
We excluded patients who remained less than 65 years throughout the study interval or the rare patients with a missing health card identifier under universal healthcare.
A common approach in research is to distinguish between direct identifiers (name, health card number, telephone number etc).
(i) The rightful holder of a Form DSP-150 issued by the DOS may be admitted under § 235.1(f) of this chapter if found otherwise admissible and if the biometric identifier contained on the card matches the appropriate biometric characteristic of the alien.
Each data record collected at ICES comes with personal identifier, usually a health card number.
A unique personal identifier (the scrambled Health Card Number) included in each database permits the linkage of a child's records across all databases and time while preserving patient confidentiality.
Personal Identifiers (Confidential Data): Personal identifiers are Social Security numbers, credit card numbers, driver's license numbers, and bank account numbers.
While the new mandate to use smart cards as a federal identifier is an endorsement of the technology, smart card technology still has its share of hurdles to overcome.
Based on Health Canada's Functional Standards and Minimum (Core) Data Sets for a National Immunization Registry Network[ 6] and modified for the purposes of this evaluation, core data elements included: name, sex, date of birth, postal code, unique identifier (e.g. health card number), vaccine lot number, date of vaccination, anatomical site of vaccination, and dose number.
Records in the ODD can be linked anonymously to other datasets using a unique identifier created from encrypted health card numbers.
